Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $80,800-$128,700 (9-month academic year salary), however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions.
Anticipated start: July 1, 2026
Application Window
Open date: August 6, 2025
Next review date: Monday, Sep 8, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Sep 8, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Position description
The Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley seeks to fill a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in the area of social/personality psychology, with an expected start date of July 1, 2026.
Research areas of interest for this position are open. Applicants may conduct research in a wide range of subfields within or across social and personality psychology (e.g., by examining how individuals, groups, and systems operate jointly). Possible subfields include but are not limited to culture, intergroup processes, social cognition, self and relationships, personality, health, and well-being. In terms of methods, of particular interest are applicants who use multiple and innovative methods, including advanced statistics, computational approaches, interventions, and/or multi-assessment methods (e.g., behavioral observation, neural measures).
The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit:
http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty
Considering the significant disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, dips in productivity in otherwise strong records occurring during the pandemic will be evaluated with the context of the pandemic in mind.
Department: https://psychology.berkeley.edu/
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Ph.D. or equivalent international degree, or enrolled in Ph.D. or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.
Preferred qualifications
Completion of the Ph.D. or equivalent international degree by the application date.
Candidates should demonstrate an active research program, leadership potential, and/or exceptional promise in the study of social/personality psychology.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
• Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Research – 3 pages max. The research statement should describe your research program, including past research and your future 5 – 10 year trajectory. This could include, for example, the importance and impact of your published work to the field, your experimental methodological approaches, interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary collaborations and their impact on your research or the field, and inclusive research practices that support the excellence of your research.
• Statement of Teaching and Mentoring – 2 pages max. The teaching/mentoring statement should describe your experience, accomplishments and interests, as well as plans for the future in these areas. This can include, for example, summaries of your teaching evaluations, your teaching and mentoring philosophy, specific competencies, inclusive practices that foster learning, advancement and professional development in all students, how you create an inclusive and welcoming teaching environment for all, or a description of how you would design curriculum.
• Statement of Service – 1 page max. The service statement should describe any service roles or activities you have engaged in or plan to engage in, such as to the department, campus, professional organizations, and/or society at large. This could include, for example, participating in a professional organization’s outreach activities, serving on committees that advance department, campus, or discipline goals, or participating in programs that support students from underrepresented groups.
• Reprint/Preprint 1
• Reprint/Preprint 2
• Reprint/Preprint 3
• Reprint/Preprint 4 (Optional)
• Reprint/Preprint 5 (Optional)
• Authorization to Release Information Form – A reference check will be completed only if you are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. Download, complete, sign, and upload the https://apo.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/authorization_release_of_information_form.pdf.
Reference requirements
• 3 letters of reference required
We strongly encourage reference letters to be submitted one week after the application deadline to ensure full consideration of your application materials.
Apply link: https://apptrkr.com/6448655
About UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/4400.html and University of California Academic Personnel policy (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-210.pdf). These values are embedded in our https://chancellor.berkeley.edu/about/principles-community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.
For more information, please refer to the https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf and the https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.
In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the http://apo.berkeley.edu/ucb-confidentiality-policy prior to submitting their letter.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, or discrimination. Consistent with this commitment, UC Berkeley requires all applicants for Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload an Authorization of Information Release form into AP Recruit as part of their application. If an applicant does not include the signed authorization, the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, applicants will only be subject to institutional reference checks if and when they are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. More information is available on https://apo.berkeley.edu/misconduct-disclosure-review.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.
• \“Misconduct\” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.
• https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH
• https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination
• https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf
Job location
Berkeley, CA
To apply, visit https://apptrkr.com/6448655